Roomba gets converted to makeshift floor printer

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We have seen many things done with Roomba vacuum robots. From the mundane act of being used as cat taxis to being programmed to sense and avoid angry people, Roomba robots are finding new uses each and every day by ingenious people.

Today’s example, however, seems to be counter productive to the prime directive of the Roomba as this one has been hacked, not to clean, but to actually make messes–or rather messages and images. The following video shows a Roomba that has been outfitted with a printhead that uses powder to make designs and words on the floor from bitmap images. According to the video poster, the use of this Roomba with floor printing ability is based on an India tradition where floor designs are created in front of homes and places of worship.

Of course when someone gets tired of a particular design, I imagine they could break out a regular Roomba and use that one to clean up the floor art.